TY - JOUR
T1 - Biochemical basis of tolerance to osmotic stress in phytopathogenic fungus
T2 - The case of Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid.
AU - Martínez-Villarreal, Rodolfo
AU - Garza-Romero, Tamar S.
AU - Moreno-Medina, Víctor R.
AU - Hernández-Delgado, Sanjuana
AU - Mayek-Pérez, Netzahualcoyotl
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Asociación Argentina de Microbiología
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Fungus Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. is the causative agent of charcoal rot disease which causes significant yield losses in major crops such as maize, sorghum, soybean and common beans in Mexico. This fungus is a facultative parasite which shows broad ability to adapt itself to stressed environments where water deficits and/or high temperature stresses commonly occur. These environmental conditions are common for most cultivable lands throughout Mexico. Here we describe some basic facts related to the etiology and epidemiology of the fungus as well as to the importance of responses to stressed environments, particularly to water deficits, based on morphology and growth traits, as well as on physiology, biochemistry and pathogenicity of fungus M. phaseolina. To conclude, we show some perspectives related to future research into the genus, which emphasize the increasing need to improve the knowledge based on the application of both traditional and biotechnological tools in order to elucidate the mechanisms of resistance to environmental stress which can be extrapolated to other useful organisms to man.
AB - Fungus Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. is the causative agent of charcoal rot disease which causes significant yield losses in major crops such as maize, sorghum, soybean and common beans in Mexico. This fungus is a facultative parasite which shows broad ability to adapt itself to stressed environments where water deficits and/or high temperature stresses commonly occur. These environmental conditions are common for most cultivable lands throughout Mexico. Here we describe some basic facts related to the etiology and epidemiology of the fungus as well as to the importance of responses to stressed environments, particularly to water deficits, based on morphology and growth traits, as well as on physiology, biochemistry and pathogenicity of fungus M. phaseolina. To conclude, we show some perspectives related to future research into the genus, which emphasize the increasing need to improve the knowledge based on the application of both traditional and biotechnological tools in order to elucidate the mechanisms of resistance to environmental stress which can be extrapolated to other useful organisms to man.
KW - Charcoal rot
KW - Phytopathogenic fungi
KW - Resistance mechanisms
KW - Water deficits
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ram.2016.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ram.2016.05.004
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 28341024
AN - SCOPUS:85007285901
SN - 0325-7541
VL - 48
SP - 347
EP - 357
JO - Revista Argentina de Microbiologia
JF - Revista Argentina de Microbiologia
IS - 4
ER -